Laundry tag



A. F. HANNEY.

LAUNDRY TAG.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 1920.

1,41 1,092, Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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UNITED STATES A PATENT QFFICB'W.

ANGUS F. HANNEY, or

. SYSTEM 00.; OECHICAGOQILLINQIS.

LAUNDRY TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patenfd luau, 192 2,

Z '0 all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that IrAnkaus F. HANNEY, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of the city of Chicago; county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry Tags, of'which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin laundry tags, and has for its object the provision of an improvedconstruction of this character constructed and arranged to be rests loosely 1n avtransverse' opening therein alITlIIlGCllfitQlYjtbDVflthQ cam surface 18.

readily applied to articles to be laundered and readily and conveniently removed therefrom when, desired.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. I i

reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this's'pecification. andin which, .1

Fig. 1, is a perspective view ofa laundry tag embodying the inventionan'dillustrated in positions both before and after removal from the laundered article,

Fig. 2, a large transverse section of" the tag shown in position of attachment to an article, and I c Fig. 3, a similar view showing the tag in position of detachment from the-article.

The preferred form of construction coniprises a hollow flat sheet of metal body or casing4 having a lip 5 projecting upwardly from the top thereof, said lip being adapted and arranged to receive an identifying number or mark stamped therein. A pin point 6 is secured in the casing 4 in position to project downwardly from one side thereof. Co-operating with the pin point 6 is a locking lever 7 pivoted at 8 at the underside of the tag and carrying .a 'cufi' or ring 9 at its free end and adapted to fit over the pin point 6 as shown in Fig. 2 to hold said tag in engagement with an article to be laundered as indicated by the dotted lines The lever 7 is provided with a lug or projection 10 adapted to engage in notch 11 in a spring held detent12 pivoted at 13 in the casing 4. The casing 4: is provided with a transverse slot 14- and one end of the detent 12 traverses the lower end of said slot as shown. v

A carrier bar15 is provided andarranged mounting of said bar ona suitable'support- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; ASSIGNOR ToL'EnREKAROnGH DRY rm tags; said bar being provided at its inner ing bracket. 7 The bar 15 is also provided at I its outer end with asimilar stop lug 17 which prevents the accidental removal of the tags from the bar. is somewhat narrowerv than'the inner end, the two ends are connected by a cam surface 18 on the bottom of the bar. A'removable transverse stop 19 is arranged in the bar and 1 over. the ,outerend of said bar. -When' the desired number of ta gsfliavethu s beenplaced The outer end of the bar 15 inposition on the bar, and this number will,

usually be the number of tags attached to articles for a particular customer of the laundry, and the tags have been properly checked to show that all of the articles belonging to that customer are present, the

pin. 19 is removed from bar 15 and the tags pushed in a body inwardly on to the larger inner end of the bar. thus causing the tie tent-s 12 of the different laundry tags to' engage the cam surface 18. thus releasing the locking levers? of said tags and per mitting" the laundered articles to fall by gravity from the tags. a suitable basket or receptaclebeing set to catch said articles. The tagswhich are ofcourse marked with the customers identifying mark are thus retained together and in order and may thus be readily removed from the carrier bar and retained for future use for that customer, or a new customer given the identifying mark which the tags bear. In'this way the tags may be readily and conveniently removed from the laundered articles and readily kept in association with each other, thus tending to prevent mistakes andgreatly facilitating theconduct of the business of the laundry in anorderly and efiicient manner.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carryin my invention into effect, this is capable o to pass through the slots 14 of the laundry variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I,

7 therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the ing'and releasing said lock, substantially as the appended claims. 1 Having described my invention, What 1, claimas new and desire to secure by Let-- grecise details of construction set forth, but.

esireto avail myself of such variations and modifications as come WltlllIl the scope of described. 1 7 V 3-. A device of the class described coinprising a body;-a pin point projecting from said body; a lock on said body co-operating with said pin point; and a detent on said body holding andreleasing said lock,there being a slot in said body and said detent' traversing said slot, substantially as described.

'4. A device of the class described comprising a body; a pin point projectin'gdown- Ward'ly from said body; a vertically swing With: said pinpoint; and a detent on sai body ing lock on said body co-operatin holding and releasing said lock, there' being a slot in said body and said detent traversing said slot, substantially as described.

device-oi the class described comprlsing a hollow flat casing having a mark- I mg, lip projecting from the top thereof; a

pin point projecting from the bottom of said I cas1 ng;. a locking lever pivotally mounted on the bottom of said casing and having a cufl' at its free end" adapted to engage over said pin point and swing downwardly. therefrom; and aspring held detent in said cas ing automatically engaging said locking lever to lock the same with'said cuff in operative relation With said pin point, there being a slot in said casing'anjd said'detent traversing said slot, substantially as described." v I 6. A laundry tag of-the class described; comprising a body; a pin point projecting downwardly from said body; a. swingably inoun'ted lock on said'body engagingovei' said pin point; and a detentcngaging said a lock for holding and for releasingsaid lock, said body having an opening through vhich' said. detent is adapted to be engaged and operated, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I' have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' Witne sses: i

1 JOSHUA R. H. Por'rs,

, Rosa K. Tam.

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